The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-22
HOME AND FARM.

Trees, shrubs ana noWerS auu beauty and value to the rural home.
 A damp cloth dipped in common soda wilt brighten tin-ware easily.
 -'Meaner than 'pusly has passed into proverb; it is one of the most troublesome weeds the gardener deals with. But the pigs love it. Michigan Farmer
 Indian Griddle Cakes. A pint of sifted meal, half pint of flour. one tablespoonful of brown sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of soda. two eggs and a pint of butter- milk. Bake brown on a greased grid dle. Serve with maple sugar.-ET- change.
 F sh Balls.-Boil equal quantities of salt fish and potatoes. When done, chop the fish fine, and mix with pota- toes. Add one egg, one teaspoonful of foup ohe cup of milk, and mix all together in form of balls. Drop them in a kettle of boiling fat and brown ChriStian at Work.
 Those who feed grain, in addition to grass, and feed it intelligently, so far as we have ever heard them give an opinion, believe that it pays. One prominent feeder says that he finds that it requires only half as much grain to fatten an animal on grass as it does 10 fatten it in winter on dry food. Louis RepubEicGn.
 Plum Preserves. Weigh your plums, scald them, put on dish or waiter; be sure to strain; weigh as much sugar as fruit, and to every pound add gill of water; let sugar boil, skim. add scalded fruit, cook two hours and a half; put in air-tight jars. --BoSton Budget
 One cup of honey, one-half cup of sugar. one-half cup of butter, one egg, two cups of flour, one cup of cold water, two tablespoonfuls of baking powder and a few drops of vanilla make 9 delicious honey -cake, nice while warm for tea or equally good when cold. d.-IndianGpoLis Journal.
 The value of tobacco stems as a fertilizer is now widely appreciated. A factory which uses that material for its principal base Is in successful operation in this city, and bales of the same commodity are shipped by the hundred from Philadelphia to various farmers in the surrounding country, to be used for enriching purposes. Nothing was made in valn."
 -Cocoanut Cream.-Dissolve tea cupful of gelatine, whip a pint of cream, grate pint of cocoanut, put it in pint of sweet milk, with the gelatine, and set over the fire. Take of, flavor with almond extract. pour in pan and stir until thick. Mix in the cream, pour in a mold and set on ice; turn out in glass dish; surround with grated cocoanut and serve.- Louisville Co1trier-JOaGrnGi. /
 Cream Puffs. One cup hot water. one-half cup butter, boil together; while boiling stir in one cup sifted flour, remove from fire and stir to a smooth paste; when cool add three un- beaten eggs, stirring five minutes. Drop in spoontuls on buttered tins and bake in quick oven twenty-five min utes. For cream take one cup milk. one-half cup sugar, one egg, three tablespoonfuls flour, cook thoroughly and flavor. When cream puffs are cold, cut open puffs with sharp knife and fill with cream. F'drn1er and Ma1s- utacturer.
 -Succotash. Boil piece of pork almost an hour. Put the beans in about fifteen minutes after the pork. Then cut lightly the corn off the cobs. and scrape the cobs with the back of the knife. Put in the corn fifteen minutes after the beans. Use two-thirds corn to one-third beans. Boil the cobs with the corn. If the corn is not very sweet, add piece of sugar half as large as a walnut. (Another excellent authority says: Boil the pork and beans three hours, and the corn at least an hour. y ) Lima beans should be used. - Good (IBepr